Tobacco-box.



K. E. RICHTER.

TOBACCO BOX.

APPucAnoN FILED NovA 24, 191s.

Patented. Dec. 28, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented met). 28, 1915,.

Apndation med November 24, 1913, serial N. 802,818.

To alltfwhom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, KURT E. RICHTER, a

citizen of the` United States, residing at` New York, in the county ofNew York, in the State ofNew York, have invented `a new and convenientTobacco-Box'.-

The invention relates to boxes or' contain.

Y ers for tobacco, and has for an object to proelement arranged forconvenient use to light dental ignition of the element.

vide a box particularly adapted to'contain cigarettes and which has asuitable igniting one of the cigarettes, the igniting element, however,being separately retained and arranged in the box so as to prevent themfrom coming in Contact when the boxA is in the pocket and prevent theigniting element from injuring the cigarettes or vice versa, theigniting element furthermorebeing so arranged. that the box can besafely carried in thevpocket without danger of acci- ]n the furtherdisclosure of the invention reference is Ato be had to the accompanyingdrawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of ref- .erencedenote corresponding parts in all the views,and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, showing the same partiallyopen; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body of thebox, vwiththe coverfor the igniting element shown i'n open position; and Fig. 3 is avertical .transverse sectional view taken through the box when the sameis within its closure.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a box l0 and aclosure 11 therefor, the same bein in the nature of a carton, with thebox ormed to provide a back wall-12, end walls 13, a lid 14: .anda frontwall 15 which is formed with the body of the box at its lower end and,therefore,is free to swing. The closure 11 is formed -in a substantiallyrectangular shape and the box is adapted to slide within the closure,

as will be readily seen by referring to the views, the lid 14 when bentover upon the front wall 15 being adapted tobe held closed by theclosure 11 when the box is arranged within the closure, as will bereadily seen by referring to Fig. 3.

Secured to the face of the front wall 15 in any suitable manner, butpreferably by a staple 16, are a series of igniting elements 17 in thenature of safety matches or the like and secured at its lower end to thefront wall 15 beneath the point of attachment of the elements 17 is acover 18 for the igniting elements and which is preferably formed of asingle piece of stiiin cardboard or paper, said cover, by reason of itsconnection with the front wall, being adapted to swing or hinge thereonand havingp'on its inner face an igniting surface or plate19upon whichone of the igniting elements 17 is adapted to be rubbed for the' purposeof igniting the same.

Now referring to Fig. 3, it will be clearly seen that when the box lieswithin the closurethe cover l18 will be held in covering position sothat the igniting elements will lie between the front wall of the boxand the closure, said front wall spacing the igniting elements from thecigarettes adapted to be contained in the compartment 20 of, the

box. When the box is partially removedfrom the closure it Awill be seenthat the lcovering can be bent or swung downwardly so -to expose theigniting elements and permit of the removal of one of them and thesubsequent rubbing thereof upon the igniting plate and which will alsobe exposed by the downward swinging movement of the cover, as shown inFig. 2. When the box is returned within the closure the association ofthe box with the closure will cause the closure to act upon the cover 18and swing the same into position against the igniting elements so as tocover the same and protect the igniting elements.

From the foregoing description it will be clearly seen that thestructure described provides a neat and compact package in whichcigarettes and igniting elements can be con` veniently carried in aunitary and compact manner without danger of the cigarettes beinginjured by the igniting elements or the ignitingelements beinginjurednby the cigarettes when the box is carried in the pocket, the ignitingelements, furthermore, being protected against accidental ignition7particularly in case they 'are not of the safety variety.

l claim- The combination with a cigarette box embodving an open endedcasing substantially rectangular 1n cross section, and a cigarettecontainer slidably mounted within said casing and comprising a backwall, end walls, a bottom wall, a front wall having the lower end formedintegral with the forwardend ot said bottom wall and the side ments andadapted to overlie the striking elements to protect the same from thefront wall of s'adcasing in the sliding of said 15 container, and anabrading element secured to the inner surface of said flap adjacent fothe lower end thereof upon which sald striking elements may be ignited.

v KURT E. RICHTER. Witnesses:

ENGELBERT NEUs, JIM SICKELS.

